Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Pleasant Grove (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Pleasant Grove. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Pleasant Grove ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Pleasant Grove: Pleasant Grv.
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Pleasant Grove. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Pleasant Grove.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Pleasant Grove is located in Ross County.
To see how the shape of Ohio's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Ross County: Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Pickaway, Pike & Vinton.
Below are the counties that are near Pleasant Grove. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove:
- Ross County (The home county of Pleasant Grove)
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Summithill
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Summithill is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summithill
- Knockemstiff ‑ Historic
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Knockemstiff is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knockemstiff
- Nipgen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Bourneville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Dills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Bainbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Massieville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Massieville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massieville
- Musselman
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Musselman is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Musselman
- North Fork Village
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- North Fork Village is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Fork Village
- Lattaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Chillicothe
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Humboldt
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Humboldt is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt
- Adams County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Jaybird
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jaybird is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
- Locust Grove
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Locust Grove is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Louden
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Louden is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louden
- Peebles
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- May Hill is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for May Hill
- Mineral Springs
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
- Mineral Springs is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mineral Springs
- Tranquility
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Tranquility is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tranquility
- Buck Run ‑ Historic
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Buck Run is located in Adams County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Run
- Seaman
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Clinton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Memphis
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Memphis is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
- Lees Creek
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Lees Creek is located in Clinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lees Creek
- New Vienna
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Fairfield County
- Stoutsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Washington Court House
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Washington is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington
- Bloomingburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Highland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Barretts Mills
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Barretts Mills is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barretts Mills
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- New Petersburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- New Petersburg is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Petersburg
- Sinking Spring
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
- Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
- Turkey
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Turkey is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turkey
- Marshall
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Marshall is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall
- Elmville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Elmville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmville
- East Monroe
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- East Monroe is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Monroe
- North Uniontown
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- North Uniontown is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uniontown
- Bridges
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Bridges is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridges
- Berrysville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Berrysville is located in Highland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berrysville
- Leesburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Hillsboro
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Hocking County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Apple
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Apple is located in Hocking County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apple
- Laurelville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Jackson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Limerick
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Limerick is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Limerick
- Glade
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Glade is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glade
- Ray
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Ray is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ray
- Former names for Ray:
- Rays
- Raysville
- Jackson
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Coalton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Coalton is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 473 people
- Altoona
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Altoona is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
- Glen Roy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Glen Roy is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Roy
- Petrea
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Petrea is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petrea
- Pickaway County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Elmwood
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Elmwood is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmwood
- New Holland
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Williamsport
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Logan Elm Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan Elm Village
- Thacher
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Thacher is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thacher
- Thacher has also been known as:
- Livington
- Thatcher Corners
- Circleville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grange Hall
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Grange Hall is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grange Hall
- Huntsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Huntsville is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntsville
- Fox
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Fox is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Pherson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Pherson is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pherson
- Knollwood Village
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Knollwood Village is located in Pickaway County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knollwood Village
- Tarlton
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Peck
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Peck is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peck
- Spellman Crossing
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Spellman Crossing is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spellman Crossing
- Waverly City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Waverly City is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
- Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
- Waverly
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Latham
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bristol Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bristol Village is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Village
- Glen Jean
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Glen Jean is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Jean
- Jasper
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Jasper is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
- Piketon
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Newfain
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Newfain is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newfain
- Cynthiana
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Cynthiana is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cynthiana
- Greggs
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Greggs is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greggs
- Zahn's Corners
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Zahn's Corners is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zahn's Corners
- Zahn's Corners has also been known as:
- Zann's Corners
- Scioto County
- The following are listed by their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Bear Creek
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Bear Creek is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear Creek
- Rarden
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Youngs
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Youngs is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Youngs
- Lucasville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Otway
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Arion
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Arion is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arion
- Lombardsville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Lombardsville is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lombardsville
- Purdy Corners
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Purdy Corners is located in Scioto County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purdy Corners
- Minford
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Vinton County
- Richland
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Richland is located in Vinton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Pleasant Grove, see our County-by-County Page for Pleasant Grove.
Cemeteries Near Pleasant Grove ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Pleasant Grove.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Pleasant Grove - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Pleasant Grove covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Roberts Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Klutz Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Baum Hill Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Tuvell Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Fels Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Flee Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flee Cemetery
- The Flee Cemetery has also been known as:
- Clark Cemetery
- Johnson Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Shoults Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shoults Cemetery
- The Shoults Cemetery has also been known as:
- Schultz Cemetery
- Shultz Cemetery
- Storms Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Pennisten Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennisten Cemetery
- The Pennisten Cemetery has also been known as:
- Pennistan Cemetery
- Penniston Cemetery
- Barnett Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Continue List (659 more) ...
- Cousins Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Seelig Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Pleasant Grove in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Pleasant Grove.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Pleasant Grove, with the one closest to Pleasant Grove listed first.
- Harris
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Harris is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris
- Nipgen
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Nipgen is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nipgen
- Storms
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
- Storms is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storms
- Bourneville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Bourneville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bourneville
- Newingburg ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Newingburg is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newingburg
- Denver
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Denver is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denver
- Dills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Dills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dills
- Buchanan
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Buchanan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchanan
- Morgantown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Morgantown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgantown
- Bainbridge
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Alma
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Alma is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
- Idaho
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Daleyville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Daleyville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daleyville
- Lattaville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Lattaville is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lattaville
- Lattaville has also been known as:
- Lattas
- Slate Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Slate Mills is located in Ross County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slate Mills
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Pleasant Grove. See our List of 1890's Communities around Pleasant Grove.
Newspapers Published in Pleasant Grove ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 113 newspapers that have been published in the area around Pleasant Grove.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Pleasant Grove, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Pleasant Grove.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Pleasant Grove:
- Websites specific to Ohio
- Pages specific to Ross County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Adams County
- Clinton County
- Fairfield County
- Fayette County
- Highland County
- Hocking County
- Jackson County
- Pickaway County
- Pike County
- Scioto County
- Vinton County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Ohio
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Pleasant Grove, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Pleasant Grove) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |